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Glossary Of Legal Terms
Glossary Of Legal Terms – Personal Injury Terms
Legal Aid: Government funding available to means tested Claimants in limited personal injury cases.
Special Damages: Fixed and quantifiable losses associated with a claim for personal injury damages such as loss of earnings, vehicle damage etc.
General Damages: Payment for the injuries suffered by a claimant in a personal injury action. Extends to other heads of claim such as loss of amenity etc.
Insurance: The cover provided by an Insurer to protect the Insured from certain risks – mandatory for drivers of motor vehicles.
Motor Insurers Bureau: The bureau responsible for claims against uninsured or untraced driver claims.
Act: Law, as in Act of Parliament.
Action: See Claim
Bar: The collective term for barristers.
Barrister: A member of the bar often referred to as Counsel.
Barrister: A member of the bar often referred to as Counsel.
Chambers:Private room or Courtroom to which the public are not allowed access and where a District Judge or Judge conducts certain hearings.
Civil: Matters concerning private rights and not offences against the State
Civil Justice Reforms: The results of the Access to Justice report the aim of which was to provide effective access to Justice in a quicker, cheaper and more proportionate justice for claimants.
Claim: Proceedings issued in the High or County Court. Sometimes known as an “Action”.
Action: See “Claim”.
Claimant: The person issuing the claim, previously known as the Plaintiff.
Clinical Negligence: An action for damages arising from the alleged negligence of a medical practitioner.
Common Law: The law established by precedent from judicial decisions established within the community.
Compensation: Sum of money to make up for or make amends for injury, breakage, hardship, inconvenience caused by another.
Conditional Fee Agreement: The document setting out the terms of representation between Solicitor and Client often referred to as a “No Win – No Fee” Agreement.
Contributory Negligence: Partial responsibility of a Claimant for the injury claim in which he/she claims damages.
Counsel: A Barrister
Counsel: A Barrister
Counterclaim: The claim made by a Defendant against a Claimant.
County Court: The court of first instance in the civil procedure.
Court: Body with judicial powers.
Court: Body with judicial powers.
Court of Appeal: Divided into Civil and Criminal Divisions that hear appeals from decisions in the High or County Courts.
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